CHAPTER 2. Marine Life Definitions
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052, Sec. 4.
§§ 90–99.5 · 16 sections
- § 90 The definitions in this chapter govern the construction of Section 1022, Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1700) of Division 2, and Division 6 (commencing…
- § 90.1 “Adaptive management,” in regard to a marine fishery, means a scientific policy that seeks to improve management of biological resources, particularly in areas…
- § 90.5 “Bycatch” means fish or other marine life that are taken in a fishery but which are not the target of the fishery. “Bycatch” includes discards.
- § 90.7 “Depressed,” with regard to a marine fishery, means the condition of a fishery for which the best available scientific information, and other relevant…
- § 91 “Discards” means fish that are taken in a fishery but are not retained because they are of an undesirable species, size, sex, or quality, or because they are…
- § 93 “Essential fishery information,” with regard to a marine fishery, means information about fish life history and habitat requirements; the status and trends of…
- § 94 “Fishery” means both of the following: (a) One or more populations of marine fish or marine plants that may be treated as a unit for purposes of conservation…
- § 96 “Marine living resources” includes all wild mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and plants that normally occur in or are associated with salt water, and the marine…
- § 96.5 “Maximum sustainable yield” in a marine fishery means the highest average yield over time that does not result in a continuing reduction in stock abundance,…
- § 97 “Optimum yield,” with regard to a marine fishery, means the amount of fish taken in a fishery that does all of the following: (a) Provides the greatest overall…
- § 97.5 “Overfished,” with regard to a marine fishery, means both of the following: (a) A depressed fishery. (b) A reduction of take in the fishery is the principal…
- § 98 “Overfishing” means a rate or level of taking that the best available scientific information, and other relevant information that the commission or department…
- § 98.2 “Participants” in regard to a fishery means the sportfishing, commercial fishing, and fish receiving and processing sectors of the fishery.
- § 98.5 “Population” or “stock” means a species, subspecies, geographical grouping, or other category of fish capable of management as a unit.
- § 99 “Restricted access,” with regard to a marine fishery, means a fishery in which the number of persons who may participate, or the number of vessels that may be…
- § 99.5 “Sustainable,” “sustainable use,” and “sustainability,” with regard to a marine fishery, mean both of the following: (a) Continuous replacement of resources,…